Greek Reporter3d
The Difference Between Labor and Work in Ancient Greece
The motion of work in ancient Greece had a clear distinction between working for one’s self and working for someone else.
Greek Reporter9d
The Ancient Greek Philosopher Epicurus and the Pleasure Principle
Greek philosopher Epicurus is famous for teaching: "Pleasure is the principle and end to a happy life" and for his Epicurean ...
We’ve told this story for 2,500 years: how Hadestown playfully brings alive an ancient Greek myth
Based on a myth first told in Greece over 2,500 years ago, Hadestown, now playing in Sydney, is a modern retelling of the ...
What does Platonic love really mean?
According to Plato, love’s aim is not to complete us, but to inspire us to grow and become the best human being we can be.
'World's first industrial pollution': Evidence of toxic lead found in ancient Greece
Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of ...
WatersTechnology8d
How a Chinese AI firm shook the tech world
A few weeks ago, Hangzhou, China-based tech firm DeepSeek released its R1 reasoning model on GitHub and its website. It ...
Wall Street Journal22d
‘Plato’ and ‘Phocion’: Athens Beyond Democracy
His pupil Plato, however, found that practical knowledge led to the abstractions of metaphysics and political theory. Carol Atack’s “Plato: A Civic Life” traces Plato’s philosophy back to ...
Hindustan Times22d
The oldest evidence for lead pollution comes from ancient Greece
The researchers found that levels of lead contamination remained fairly low and localized in ancient Greece ... Socrates and Plato, and the Hellenistic period saw Greek cultural influence peak ...
Love may be timeless, but the way we talk about it isn’t − the ancient Greeks’ ideas about desire challenge modern-day readers, lovers and even philosophers
Every year as Valentine’s Day approaches, people remind themselves that not all expressions of love fit the stereotypes of ...